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NANA TAKAGI

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Apr 5, 2022
Three-time Olympian Nana Takagi announces retirement
Nana Takagi, who with her younger sister Miho became the first pair of speed skating siblings to appear at three Olympic Winter Games, announced her retirement on Tuesday.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022
Second tumble ends defending champion Nana Takagi's Olympics
Takagi crashed out in the semifinal of the women's mass start speedskating on Saturday, falling on the same corner where she slipped in the women's team pursuit final.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022
Nana Takagi gets sister's support after shock fall in final
The 29-year-old, who won two gold medals at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, was consoled by younger sister Miho after falling in the last lap of Tuesday's final against Canada.
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Feb 15, 2022
Japan's team pursuit title defense ends with fall on final bend
Japan was on course for the gold, but disaster struck with the finish line in sight when Nana Takagi lost her footing coming around the last bend and careened into the wall.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2022
Japan's women's team moves into semis with Olympic record in speedskating pursuit
The three-woman team of Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and her older sister Nana Takagi set a blistering time to better their record set four years ago.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2022
Family ties run deep in Japan's Winter Olympic team
Ten sets of siblings will be representing Japan during the Beijing Olympics.
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OLYMPICS
Dec 31, 2021
Nana Takagi and Seitaro Ichinohe book Olympic speedskating spots at 1,500 meters
Takagi clocked 1 minute, 54.84 seconds to finish second in the event won by her younger sister Miho in 1:53:19 at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano.
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Feb 15, 2020
Japan sets record in team pursuit
The Japan women's trio, sisters Miho and Nana Takagi and Ayano Sato, won the team pursuit in a world-record time on the opening day of the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships on Friday.
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Dec 15, 2019
Japan wins women's team pursuit at speedskating World Cup in Nagano
Japan's women claimed their first team pursuit victory of the season in front of a home crowd on Sunday, the final day of the ISU World Cup in Nagano.
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Feb 9, 2019
Nao Kodaira's 37-race unbeaten streak at 500 meters ends
Olympic champion Nao Kodaira's two-year undefeated run in the 500-meter race came to an end Friday when she finished second at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.
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Dec 8, 2018
Japan shines at World Cup meet
Japan dominated the men's and women's team pursuit events on the opening day of the third World Cup meet of the season on Friday.
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Nov 16, 2018
Nao Kodaira claims 30th straight victory in 500-meter races
Nao Kodaira opened her World Cup season with another 500-meter victory on Friday, while her compatriots captured their eighth straight World Cup women's team pursuit win.
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Feb 26, 2018
Japan's Olympic medalists give thanks for support in Pyeongchang
One day after the Winter Olympics concluded in Pyeongchang, the Japanese delegation returned home Monday and its medal-winning athletes expressed their gratitude to the fans for their warm and enthusiastic support.
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Feb 25, 2018
From start to finish, Pyeongchang Olympics entertained and showcased splendid collection of global athletes
The Pyeongchang Olympics have had a bit of everything since Yuna Kim ignited the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony on Feb. 9. Political theater, incredible athletic achievements, the wrath of Mother Nature, and more Russians caught doping.
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Feb 25, 2018
Nana Takagi emerges from sister's shadow with gold medal in mass start
Miho Takagi arrived in South Korea amid much media hype about her chances for gold in women’s speedskating at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
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Feb 24, 2018
Nana Takagi zooms to gold in women's mass start final
Japan's Nana Takagi won the gold medal in the women's mass start final at Gangneung Oval on Saturday night.
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Feb 22, 2018
Miho Takagi overjoyed after claiming coveted gold medal in team pursuit
After winning an individual silver in the women's 1,500 meters and then a bronze in the 1,000, Miho Takagi finally got the medal she coveted the most.
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Feb 21, 2018
Japan women shatter Olympic record, conquer defending champion Netherlands in team pursuit final
Japan's women captured the team pursuit gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, beating the defending champion Netherlands on Wednesday.
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Feb 19, 2018
Japan moves into women's speedskating team pursuit semis
World record-holding gold-medal favorite Japan advanced to the semifinals of the women's team pursuit at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Monday.
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Feb 16, 2018
Esmee Visser wins women's 5,000 as Dutch claim more speedskating gold
Esmee Visser continued the Netherlands' unrivaled run in Pyeongchang Olympic speed skating Friday, winning the 5,000-meter gold medal, her country's sixth at Gangneung Oval at these games.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
Hybrid work takes root in Japan, survey finds
A dealer works in the trading room at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on March 28. An overwhelming majority of respondents who currently work remotely in some capacity say they wish to continue to do so.
Shohei Ohtani signs deal with sports technology company Rapsodo
Shohei Ohtani has been appointed as the new technology ambassador for Rapsodo, the company announced Monday.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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